Surah Hud, Ayah 101 (11:101)

هُود

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى …

Quran 11:101 is ayah 101 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 233 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:101
وَمَاظَلَمْنَٰهُمْوَلَٰكِنظَلَمُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖفَمَآأَغْنَتْعَنْهُمْءَالِهَتُهُمُٱلَّتِىيَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِمِنشَىْءٍلَّمَّاجَآءَأَمْرُرَبِّكَ ۖوَمَازَادُوهُمْغَيْرَتَتْبِيبٍ١٠١
wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin ẓalamū anfusahum famā aghnat ʿanhum ālihatuhumu allatī yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi min shayin lammā jāa amru rabbika wamā zādūhum ghayra tatbībin

And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allāh when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin.(101)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْẓalamnāhumWe wronged them
  3. وَلَٰكِنwalākinbut
  4. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
  5. أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖanfusahumthemselves
  6. فَمَآfamāSo not
  7. أَغْنَتْaghnatavailed
  8. عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
  9. ءَالِهَتُهُمُālihatuhumutheir gods
  10. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  11. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoked
  12. مِنminother than Allah
  13. دُونِdūniother than Allah
  14. ٱللَّهِl-lahiother than Allah
  15. مِنminany
  16. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  17. لَّمَّاlammāwhen
  18. جَآءَjāacame
  19. أَمْرُamru(the) command (of) your Lord
  20. رَبِّكَ ۖrabbika(the) command (of) your Lord
  21. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  22. زَادُوهُمْzādūhumthey increased them
  23. غَيْرَghayraother than
  24. تَتْبِيبٍtatbībinruin

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